Ammanford Colliery Halt railway station explained

Ammanford Colliery Halt
Status:Disused
Borough:Ammanford, Carmarthenshire
Country:Wales
Original:Great Western Railway
Pregroup:Great Western Railway
Postgroup:Great Western Railway
Years:1 May 1905
Events:Station opened
Years1:18 August 1958
Events1:Station closed

Ammanford Colliery Halt railway station served the colliery near Ammanford, West Wales. Opened to serve the colliery, the station closed, leaving the current Ammanford station providing trains for the area.

History

Opened by the Great Western Railway, the halt stayed with that company during the Grouping of 1923. The station then passed on to the Western Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948.

The station was then closed by the British Transport Commission.

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